Improving compliance with safe sleep practices among Black/African American infants discharged from a level III NICU: a quality improvement initiative
Despite high baseline compliance, culturally tailored education reinforced safe sleep practices. While overall adherence changed minimally, increased awareness and behavioural shifts highlight the need for sustained interventions, community engagement, implicit bias training and systemic strategies to reduce racial disparities in SUID.
Authors
- Farouk S Farouk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8635-8342)
- Alan Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-6637)
- A.-D. Pham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0173-5298)
- De‐Ann M. Pillers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2002-0514)
- Christina Tarach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0459-9442)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Quality
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003592
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00